Figure

ca. 1780-1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure in lead-glazed earthenware, with a clear glaze with patches of green, mottled brown and yellow, of a squirrel seated on a mound and eating a nut, and he wears a collar to which a chain is attached, and moulded on one side of his body.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware, mottled and moulded
Brief description
Figure in lead-glazed earthenware, with a clear glaze with patches of green, mottled brown and yellow, of a squirrel seated on a mound and eating a nut, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1780-1790.
Physical description
Figure in lead-glazed earthenware, with a clear glaze with patches of green, mottled brown and yellow, of a squirrel seated on a mound and eating a nut, and he wears a collar to which a chain is attached, and moulded on one side of his body.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.4cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 283 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1070-1885

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Record createdMarch 5, 2009
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